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and with a partnership of jim duff about museum, the washington idea forum was born. so overt next two days you'll hear some of the world's greatest journalist interview news makers and leaders, discuss and debate topics as varied as the election aftermath, global health, education reform. the future of china and many more subject. as we bear with me. i would like to offer words of appreciation for some of the organization and people that have made this event possible. it starts very much at the top of the list with a big thank you to margaret karlson, who is the editorial directer of the washington idea forum. she's wonderful and talented and been the creative force behind the vision of the event from the beginning. thank you margaret, [applause] the event would not be possible without -- i was looking for an adjective that captured the essence. steve clemons with the atlanta now. he's been a great force. the museum shelby, who has also been a key architect of the event. this year after doing something different we welcome a new partnership with the harvard institute
and with a partnership of jim duff about museum, the washington idea forum was born. so overt next two days you'll hear some of the world's greatest journalist interview news makers and leaders, discuss and debate topics as varied as the election aftermath, global health, education reform. the future of china and many more subject. as we bear with me. i would like to offer words of appreciation for some of the organization and people that have made this event possible. it starts very much at...
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that is usually not something that is a formula for success in washington. why are we having so much trouble convincing a democratic president who just won an election based on what you are talking about who has the polls behind him from cutting the programs that are enormously popular? >> that is is the $64 question. it boggles my mind and that has to do not only with the president, but has to do with many members of congress. what we have is seen in the last number of years is republican obstructionism, republicans saying it is our way or the highway. we don't really care about things like extending the debtle ceiling and don't care about anything other than getting our own way. >> senator bernie sanders thank you so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> i have an answer to his conund rum. they are not stupid. i don't trust the conservative democrats in the senate they will do romney's tax plan because that's who wha the donor's paid for. >> i think an easy solution is getting rid of the social security tax cap. anybody making over $110,000 stops paying
that is usually not something that is a formula for success in washington. why are we having so much trouble convincing a democratic president who just won an election based on what you are talking about who has the polls behind him from cutting the programs that are enormously popular? >> that is is the $64 question. it boggles my mind and that has to do not only with the president, but has to do with many members of congress. what we have is seen in the last number of years is...
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elect orally he probably knew from his experiences as solicitor general of texas as an official in washington during the bush said ministration and as a former law clerk, chief justice william rehnquist, it was important to get to the business of trying to defend the system of limited constitutional government in the halls of washington sooner rather than later. by the end of the conversation huckabee anything but thankful that he wanted to run and hopeful for success. ted's drive, optimism, and zealous pursuit of public service out of commitment to the constitution paid off. with great sacrifice from him, his wife heidi and their family, ted stands before us as senator elect from the state of texas and we are all the better for it because we have in the senate a good man with extraordinary skill and intellect have an unparalleled and unflinching commitment to the constitution of small and limited government. i have no doubt, no doubt that ted cruise will quickly emerge as one of congress's key spokesman and leaders for revival of the structural constitution standing alongside senator mike le
elect orally he probably knew from his experiences as solicitor general of texas as an official in washington during the bush said ministration and as a former law clerk, chief justice william rehnquist, it was important to get to the business of trying to defend the system of limited constitutional government in the halls of washington sooner rather than later. by the end of the conversation huckabee anything but thankful that he wanted to run and hopeful for success. ted's drive, optimism,...
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and other sort of goodies that are handed out in washington that have resulted in the system of what many of us call crony capitalism. people are able to come in and get an advantage. >> greta: how do we get -- you everybody agrees it's bad. everybody agrees it's bad that there is special treatment. but everybody gree agreeing it's bad doesn't get it done. >> what i hope to come out of an agreement by the end of the year is a process put into place that will force us to get tax reform done. i believe we have an environment that will lend itself to us really doing that. it will be an extraordinary thing. you are right. it will not be easy. because -- you be, the federal government is still facing extraordinary deficits. i mean, we have a trillion-dollar-a-year deficit. we have to keep that in mind so that when the speaker talks about putting revenues on the table that in return, we actually can tell the people of this country that we are going to stop doing what we are doing and actually fwin to pay down the debt. so the tax code, i believe is the tool for us to grow. if we can implem
and other sort of goodies that are handed out in washington that have resulted in the system of what many of us call crony capitalism. people are able to come in and get an advantage. >> greta: how do we get -- you everybody agrees it's bad. everybody agrees it's bad that there is special treatment. but everybody gree agreeing it's bad doesn't get it done. >> what i hope to come out of an agreement by the end of the year is a process put into place that will force us to get tax...
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and that sort of video was recovered and probably transmitted back to washington, either immediately-- >>> maybe you misunderstood my question. how do we get to blaming this on a youtube video? >> oh, okay. i think what it is that the intelligence was politicized. they gave their best assessment, including what general petraeus told congress about al qaeda involvement, being a terrorist attack and as it went up the of command, the people in the white house who sent out ambassador rice to represent the white house on the sunday show, decided what the talking points would be. my sense is, we are going to hear from them, we are trying to protect the intelligence sources and methods. we didn't want al qaeda to know we were on to them or perhaps-- >>> it's late for that -- >> we got a lot of different assessments out there and that -- this was only one of the assessments, was cia, but other people were telling us it may have been this video and this is when we decided on. they are going on spin this. they have a day or two to do that before monday morning when the press will start asking t
and that sort of video was recovered and probably transmitted back to washington, either immediately-- >>> maybe you misunderstood my question. how do we get to blaming this on a youtube video? >> oh, okay. i think what it is that the intelligence was politicized. they gave their best assessment, including what general petraeus told congress about al qaeda involvement, being a terrorist attack and as it went up the of command, the people in the white house who sent out ambassador...
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let's turn to nick hanauer who went to washington, d.c. yesterday to call for higher tax on wealthy americans and tara dowdell is with us. democratic consultant. great to have both of you with us. nick, you first. >> thank you for having us. >> what kind of impact can you have on lawmakers? you have quite a group put together. wealthy americans who said, look at my finances, this is what we can do, this is what we've got to do. what kind of impact can you have? >> i think it's important to make the argument to these lawmakers that not only are we willing to be taxed more, but more particularly, that the prosperity of the country depends on us being taxed more. this fiscal cliff issue and the campaign itself was an argument between two competing ideas about where prosperity and jobs come from. the republican trickle-down idea if you pour money into somebody like me like an ingredient jobs will pop out of us like donuts or the alternative, which is middle out economics, in a capitalist economy it comes from investing in the middle class. whe
let's turn to nick hanauer who went to washington, d.c. yesterday to call for higher tax on wealthy americans and tara dowdell is with us. democratic consultant. great to have both of you with us. nick, you first. >> thank you for having us. >> what kind of impact can you have on lawmakers? you have quite a group put together. wealthy americans who said, look at my finances, this is what we can do, this is what we've got to do. what kind of impact can you have? >> i think it's...
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let's turn to nick hanauer who went to washington, d.c. yesterday to call for higher tax on wealthy americans and tara dowdell is with us. democratic consultant. great to have both of you with us. nick, you first. >> thank you for having us. >> what kind of impact can you have on lawmakers? you have quite a group put together. wealthy americans who said, look at my finances, this is what we can do, this is what we've got to do. what kind of impact can you have? >> i think it's important to make the argument to these lawmakers that not only are we willing to be taxed more, but more particularly, that the prosperity of the country depends on us being taxed more. this fiscal cliff issue and the campaign itself was an argument between two competing ideas about where prosperity and jobs come from. the republican trickle-down idea if you pour money into somebody like me like an ingredient jobs will pop out of us like donuts or the alternative, which is middle out economics, in a capitalist economy it comes from investing in the middle class. whe
let's turn to nick hanauer who went to washington, d.c. yesterday to call for higher tax on wealthy americans and tara dowdell is with us. democratic consultant. great to have both of you with us. nick, you first. >> thank you for having us. >> what kind of impact can you have on lawmakers? you have quite a group put together. wealthy americans who said, look at my finances, this is what we can do, this is what we've got to do. what kind of impact can you have? >> i think it's...
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let's turn to nick hanauer who went to washington, d.c. yesterday to call for higher tax on wealthy americans and tara dowdell is with us. great to have both of you with us. >> thank you for having us. >> what kind of impact can you have on lawmakers? you have quite a group put together. wealthy americans who said, look at my finances, this is what we have to do. what kind of impact can you have? >> i think it's important to make the argument to these lawmakers that not only are we willing to be taxed more, but more particularly, that the prosperity of the country depends on us being taxed more. this fiscal cliff issue and the campaign itself was an argument between two competing ideas about where prosperity and jobs come from. the republican trickle-down idea if you pour money into somebody like me like an ingredient jobs will pop out of us like donuts or the alternative, which is middle out economics, in a capitalist economy it comes from informsing in the middle class. when the middle class thrives, so do business people like me. that a
let's turn to nick hanauer who went to washington, d.c. yesterday to call for higher tax on wealthy americans and tara dowdell is with us. great to have both of you with us. >> thank you for having us. >> what kind of impact can you have on lawmakers? you have quite a group put together. wealthy americans who said, look at my finances, this is what we have to do. what kind of impact can you have? >> i think it's important to make the argument to these lawmakers that not only...
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joining me now is washington post staff writer zachary goldfarb. good morning to you you heard the president saying it was a good meeting. was anything substantive decided there? only a very small thing. which is that they're looking for a framework to find significant amount of tax and entitlement savings and find another mechanism to defuse the year-end fiscal cliff so there was very little progress. but you have to look at the music surrounding the meeting. it was very positive. this was the most bipartisan moment in arguably more after a divisive presidential campaign and i think optimism is running high and for good reason in washington. >> seems to be. on tuesday the president met with leaders from unions and liberal groups who were prepping him not to make any cuts to entitlements, medicare, social security. although we should say there are demonstrations planned this week, a couple of big ones. is it reasonable to think he can get breaks on tax increases without cuts to those programs? >> right. the great liberal fear right now is the presi
joining me now is washington post staff writer zachary goldfarb. good morning to you you heard the president saying it was a good meeting. was anything substantive decided there? only a very small thing. which is that they're looking for a framework to find significant amount of tax and entitlement savings and find another mechanism to defuse the year-end fiscal cliff so there was very little progress. but you have to look at the music surrounding the meeting. it was very positive. this was the...
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smith goes to washington" the filibuster exposed a secret problem in washington. today the filibuster is the secret problem. i think any plans to expose it, making politicians accountable for their obstruction would be a step towards ending gridlock in this congress. . that would definitely be quite a spectacle, seeing senators on the floor all night long, reading historic documents, a phone book, cookbooks, they say that the minority protection rights in the filibuster are a good thing, and number two, they say there is no point in making them actually use up all that time because they are demonstrating their willingness to filibuster amount. you the so-called cloture votes. but the big difference you saw from the mr. smith is look, in the old days there was a penalty associated with exercising this right. today you have this powerful obstruction, and you don't have much of a check on it. >> all right, ari, thank you for that. and stand by while i bring in the rest of our brain trust. perry bacon is political editor for the grio and msnbc contributor and peter su
smith goes to washington" the filibuster exposed a secret problem in washington. today the filibuster is the secret problem. i think any plans to expose it, making politicians accountable for their obstruction would be a step towards ending gridlock in this congress. . that would definitely be quite a spectacle, seeing senators on the floor all night long, reading historic documents, a phone book, cookbooks, they say that the minority protection rights in the filibuster are a good thing,...
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a novel concept here in washington. that is a major reason why we reject short-sided politics of spending promises that result in long term cost to taxpayers. of course, our state increased state debt approximately a billion dollars a year for 20 years, but since i took office, first year, we paid down $500 million in state debt, and this year, about a $1.5 billion. increasing a billion dollars every year, to balance the budget, they borrowed more money. remember the stimulus that begun projects like high speed rail. in states without the financial support to continue them. you know, the federal government offered us $2.6 billion and didn't understand why i didn't want to bill the high speed rail project from orlando to tampa, 84 miles. the last pitch was it's a good tourist attraction. [laughter] people didn't understand why we turned it down, but here was the deal, and i think you still might be able to get it. you get $2.6 billion a year, okay? now, if you look -- you got to build the track and the train, historicall
a novel concept here in washington. that is a major reason why we reject short-sided politics of spending promises that result in long term cost to taxpayers. of course, our state increased state debt approximately a billion dollars a year for 20 years, but since i took office, first year, we paid down $500 million in state debt, and this year, about a $1.5 billion. increasing a billion dollars every year, to balance the budget, they borrowed more money. remember the stimulus that begun...
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there was a new mood in washington. before the election, the framework for discussion was all cuts and no revenues. now, the framework has changed. the american people made it very clear that revenues have to be part of a balanced deal. the republican leadership, mr. boehner has indicated he's putting revenues on the table. that makes it possible for us to begin the very difficult discussion about what revenues and how do you get them and what cuts and how do you make them. so we have a lot of work to do. at least the framework is some greater possibility for a positive outcome. >> last time around, republicans insisted that any new increases in revenue must be off-set by a lowering of tax rates. are you encouraged by the gop's apparent new willingness to accept a more balanced approach? >> i'm very much encouraged by it. that is what made it impossible for us to even have discussions at all up until the election results came in. as you know, president obama ran on a very explicit platform of restoring the clinton area
there was a new mood in washington. before the election, the framework for discussion was all cuts and no revenues. now, the framework has changed. the american people made it very clear that revenues have to be part of a balanced deal. the republican leadership, mr. boehner has indicated he's putting revenues on the table. that makes it possible for us to begin the very difficult discussion about what revenues and how do you get them and what cuts and how do you make them. so we have a lot of...
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they want to see that we are focused on them, not focused on our politics here in washington. so my hope is that this is going to be the beginning of a fruitful process where we're able to come to an agreement that will reduce our deficit in a balanced way, that we will deal with some of the long-term impediments to growth and we're also going to be focusing on making sure that no class is able to get ahead. i want to thank the leadership for coming. with that, we're going to get to work. thank you very much, everybody. appreciate it. excuse me, there is actually one other point that i want to make and that is that my understanding is tomorrow is representative boehner's birthday. for those who want to wish him a happy birthday, we're not going to embarrass him with a cake because we didn't know how many candles were needed -- >> yeah, right. >> but we do want to wish him a happy birthday. >> thank you. >> thank you, everybody. appreciate it. >> house and senate leaders spoke briefly to reporters. >> good morning, everyone. we had a very constructive meeting with the president
they want to see that we are focused on them, not focused on our politics here in washington. so my hope is that this is going to be the beginning of a fruitful process where we're able to come to an agreement that will reduce our deficit in a balanced way, that we will deal with some of the long-term impediments to growth and we're also going to be focusing on making sure that no class is able to get ahead. i want to thank the leadership for coming. with that, we're going to get to work. thank...